1985–86 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team

1985–86 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 16
Record21–8 (13–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Captains
Home arenaAssembly Hall
1985–86 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Michigan 14 4   .778 28 5   .848
No. 16 Indiana 13 5   .722 21 8   .724
No. 18 Michigan State 12 6   .667 23 8   .742
No. 19 Illinois 11 7   .611 22 10   .688
Purdue 10 8   .556 22 10   .688
Iowa 10 8   .556 20 12   .625
Ohio State 8 10   .444 19 14   .576
Minnesota 5 13   .278 15 16   .484
Wisconsin 4 14   .222 12 16   .429
Northwestern 2 16   .111 8 20   .286
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985–86 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University. Their head coach was Bobby Knight, who was in his 15th year. The team played its home games in Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The Hoosiers finished the regular season with an overall record of 21–8 and a conference record of 13–5, finishing 2nd in the Big Ten Conference. IU was invited to participate in the 1986 NCAA tournament as a 3-seed; however, IU made a quick exit with a first-round loss to 14-seed Cleveland State.

The season was memorialized and popularized by A Season on the Brink, a 1986 book by John Feinstein.